Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson

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Résumé :
First published in 1886, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure set in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, following the journey of David Balfour through the Scottish Highlands. The novel begins with David's departure from his Lowland home to seek his inheritance, only to be betrayed and carried off at sea. Escaping shipwreck on the western coast of Scotland, he encounters Alan Breck Stewart, a fugitive of the Jacobite cause, and the two form an uneasy but enduring alliance. Their passage through the Highlands unfolds against a landscape still marked by political division and cultural tension, giving the narrative both immediacy and historical depth. Stevenson combines the structure of an adventure tale with careful attention to place, language, and historical circumstance. The movement across regions-Lowland, island, and Highland-serves not only as a physical journey but as an exploration of identity, loyalty, and shifting allegiances in eighteenth-century Scotland. The result is a work that has remained central to both historical fiction and the literature of adventure....

Biographie:
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, and travel writer whose works have remained widely read since the late nineteenth century. Educated in Edinburgh, he produced fiction that combines narrative clarity with a strong sense of place, most notably in Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped. His writing frequently draws on Scottish history and landscape, bringing both to life with precision and restraint.Kidnapped, published in 1886, is among his most enduring works, often read alongside its sequel Catriona as part of a continuous narrative set in the years following the Jacobite rising....